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It's that time of the week again! Yes, the time where a lucky person gets to list their favorite Techdirt articles of the week. Well, it's my turn at the bat, so no time for dilly-dallying, let's hop to it!

The first post is a rather interesting one. The internet never ceases to amuse, in this particular case it managed to outwit a political movement by registering the URL of their website before they did. I suppose this is a good lesson to teach movements and new businesses; register your URL's before you advertise them! (You'd think this would be common sense by now...)

In a sign of bad news that everyone saw coming, the TPP 'treaty' still refuses to be exposed. However, it does not take a genius to know that anything that is completely withheld from the public for no good reason is automatically bad news. I have no good feelings about this bill, and everything about it leads me to believe that it should be shut down, or exposed, and properly debated. If one does not allow the latter, then nefarious intentions can easily be assumed.

In the modern age, it isn't unheard of to have a smartphone. So I was rather shocked, and slightly confused, at this particular decision to arrest an activist merely for having a live-streaming app installed on his phone. As they so often spout to us, "You have nothing to fear, if you have nothing to hide"-- now, while I don't agree with that statement... why are they trying to hide from us, when it is perfectly legal to have these things? It seems like they're just fabricating excuses in order to arrest people they just simply don't like. And that isn't good news for ANYONE.

And last but not least, where would we be without a post about the MPAA/RIAA? They seem to think that having people able purchase *gasp* second hand content, would make the entire US economy collapse! It's almost like we're in a bad comedy of errors. I mean, it's not like people own the copy they purchase any more, right? Of course, that'd be ridiculous. I mean, think about it... People selling what's theirs. Absurd! This could be the end of the country as we know it! Quick! Call the police -- that person is selling a CD they bought! Terrorists! Anarchy! Won't someone think of the children!

Alana’s Comments

Square Enix are promoting a new platform. And let's face it: It's well within their rights to take down the fan translation. Expecting them to do otherwise and calling it a slight against the fans is silly. Fan translations aren't legal.

Would I like it if they released the PSP version in English? Yes. Would it sell?

Let's face it: No.

The PSP is a dead market. It makes financial sense to prepare it for the PS4/Xbone instead.

New Zealander here. Agreed. But. In a couple months the flat I'm in is switching to Fibre internet via Orcon which is gonna offer up to 100 Megabits per second depending on location. It's also unlimited and not throttled.

It's not virtol to report someone who consistently attacks people, consistently lies, admits he's there to troll, hurls insults towards readers of the site... Do you understand why we have a report button?